GomiGirl wrote:I think the superstition is something about how women's core temperature is different to mens and so is the wrong temperature for handling the rice... or something like that.

Don't women tend to have colder extremities than men? Nearly every female I know always seems to have chilly hands...and in Japan they usually say cold hands mean they have a warm heart. This is Japan, however, hypocrisy is only called out when it suits your argument.